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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “merriment” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

29 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
merriment135803(None) 
merriments1446321merriments
detriment1249692detriment
merriest10311482merri_est
worriment1445582worriment
amercement1645993amercement
cerement12315133ce_rement
decrement14411053decrement
derailment1346873derailment
detriments1347363detriments
diriment11410743_diriment
ferment12315573fe_r_ment
ferrymen1643943ferrymen_
hardiment1546063hardiment
mermen10813813me_r_men_
merrier92612303merri_e_r
merriness1138293merriness
muniment1248943m_uniment
nutriment1146503nutriment
orpiment1247973_orpiment
pediment13411393pe_diment
pertinent11412273pertinent
raiment9315413__raiment
recrement13411363recrement
regiment114414053re_giment
reorient8613473reori_ent
sediment11411103se_diment
sentiment11410723sentiment
worriments1544153worriments

Search took 8 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641297.32620289.5
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691297.76523012.4
 
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